Assistant/apprentice Building Control Surveyors

2 weeks ago


Dorchester, United Kingdom Dorset Councils Full time

Organisation
- Dorset Council
- Location
- Dorchester, United Kingdom, Dorset, United Kingdom
- Reference
- 61042413a
- Occupational group
- Buildings and Construction
- Salary details
- £24,496 - £28,371
- Job term
- Full Time
- Appointment type
- Permanent
- Contact
- David Kitcatt
- Contact telephone
- 01929 557272
- Closing Date
- 12 September 2023 11:00 PM

**Assistant / Apprentice Building Control Surveyors**:
**Full-Time (37 hours per week)**:
**Salary £24,496 - £28,371 (Grade 8)**:
**Salary scale dependent on experience, along with flexible working, a generous annual leave quota, and pensions package**:
**Dorchester or other Dorset Council Area offices, combined with homeworking**:
The Building Control industry is facing major changes and new legislation in the coming years, as a result Dorset Council Building Control Service offers you an amazing opportunity and requires additional staff within the Building Control team to deliver these new requirements.

Join a friendly and supportive team of Building Control Surveyors and Technical Support officers in Dorset and bring your experience, skills and customer focus to help shape our future.

The Service has a reputation for delivering a very high quality, customer focused experience and you will work and enjoy your leisure time within one of the most beautiful parts of the country.

**What you will be doing**:
Following a recent restructure of the Building Control team, we are looking for 2 x Assistant /Apprentice Building Control Surveyors who have some knowledge and experience of building and construction. This role will provide opportunities to undertake training to develop in the field of Building Control. You will be expected to enrol on a Building Control Degree Course (part time) as part of the Council Apprentice funded scheme (entry level dependent on experience and qualifications).

You will be responsible for working with the Area and Senior Building Control Surveyors to undertake all duties associated with the Building Control function depending on experience and knowledge. Duties include site inspections, plan assessments and other functions related to the Building Control Service.

Training opportunities will continue to be offered as part of the validation assessments for Building Control Registration under the new Building Safety Act or associated legislation.

**Additional information**:
This post requires significant travel. You must have a vehicle (or transport we deem suitable) available for use as needed.

**Interview dates: 20 or 21 September 2023**

**Contact details**:
**Dorset Council: A great place to work**:
We’re passionate about making Dorset a great place to live, work and visit. Working for us should be no exception.

At Dorset Council we:

- provide more than 450 services to over 300,000 residents
- have ambitious aspirations
- are excited about our future
- care about Dorset and all the people who live here
- know that all roles make a difference and that our employees are key to our success

You will:

- have access to a range of employee benefits
- be part of an organisation that supports each other to grow and succeed
- have access to range of training opportunities which will help with your personal development and career progression

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. We offer an interview to everyone who declares a disability and meets the essential criteria for the role.

We also look for applicants who share our commitment to our behaviours. We will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the selection process.

This role is UK based and we will need to establish your Right to Work as part of the appointment process.

We use generic job descriptions and person specifications. This means the job title on any attachments may differ from the job title in the advert. We may provide specific information in a context statement if relevant.

Find out more about how to apply.


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